REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph (1759-1840)Ixia Plantaginea / Ixia Plantain [Foxtail Micranthus] [Pl. 198] Paris: Imprimerie de Didot jeune, 1802-16. Stipple engraving, printed in colour and finished by hand, engraved by Langlois. 20 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches. Pierre-Joseph Redouté was one of the world&#39;s great flower painters. Born into a family that had been painters for at least two generations, Redouté went to Paris in 1782 with his brother where they worked as scene painters for the Théâtre italien. Redouté painted flowers in his spare time. The search for subjects led him to the Jardin du Roi and eventually Gerard van Spaendonck who made him an assistant. While at the Jardin du Roi, Redouté came to know Charles-Louis L&#39;Heritier, an amateur botanist and writer of independent means. He gave Redouté a full time job as an illustrator, instructing him in plant anatomy. Redouté&#39;s understanding of plants contributed greatly to the clarity of his depictions. But it was Redouté&#39;s work in stipple engraving and colour printing that was to be of the greatest importance. Stippling and the application of two or three colour inks to one plate were engraving innovations that Redouté brought to French printmaking, and these were brought to perfection in Les Liliacées from which this work comes. Les Liliacées is one of two Redouté masterworks, the other being Les Roses. These works demonstrate the appropriateness of the accolade "Raphael of Flowers", for one is constantly impressed by the exquisite compositional sense and clarity of vision. More than with any other painter, one sees in Redouté&#39;s flowers living, breathing beings at their most beautiful moment. Cf. Nissen BBI 1597; cf.Great Flower Books (1990), p 128; cf. Dunthorne p 231; cf. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 8747; cf. MacPhaeil, Redouteana, 10.

Tardieu, P. F(Map / Chart of New England- USA): Carte De La Partie Septentrionale Des Etats_Unis Paris: Tardieu, 1802. VG+, b&w as issued. Scarce, detailed, with entire New England coastline from Delaware northward to Pasamaquody Bay, and streching westward to the eastern halves of Lake Huron and Lake Erie. Includes listings for Great and Little Egg Harbor, Martha&#39;s Vineyard, Cape Cod. A very handsome map with numerous waterway and topographical details, with place names of all major cities of the times, on excellent paper . The Tardieu&#39;s were a family of mapmakers from the mid-18th to early 19th century. Left margin a bit close. Measuring 14x19.75 inches (36x50cm). .

WESTALL, After Richard (1765-1836)Girl and Pigs London: J. & J. Boydell, 1 May 1802. Stipple engraving, printed in colours, with touches of hand-colouring, by Ogborne & Gaugain. 9 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches. 12 x 14 1/4 inches approx. Gold leaf frame. A charmingly observed rural scene, largely colour-printed. A fine example of a stipple- engraved coloured print based on one of Westall&#39;s charming watercolours. Westall was at his best in watercolour, and was the leader of a reform in figure-painting in this medium... The brilliancy of his colouring was considered novel and astonishing in his own day... A large number of Westall&#39;s rustic subjects were engraved, such as Rural Contemplation and Rural Music, by T. Gaugain, 1801; The Sad Story and The Woodcutter and Cowboy, by John Ogborne, 1802; A Storm in Harvest, 1802; and Reapers, 1805, by Robert Mitchell Meadows. (DNB). During the early days of the Romantic era, there was a great upsurge of interest in rural life, both in France and England. This was largely a middle class idealization due to its loss of contact with the natural world, and it has become a recurrent theme ever since. The little girl pouring water for the pigs is not at all offended by her menial task, she is enjoying her role in providing nourishment of the obviously eager pigs; and in her white and red clothing and pink cheeks, she looks rather cherubic.

CHURCH OF ENGLANDThe Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland: Together with The Psalter or Psalms of David, printed as they are to be sung or said in churches London: Published for John Reeves, Esq. One of ht Patentees of the Office of King&#39;s Printer. [Printed by W. Bulmer and Co., Cleveland Row, St. James&#39;s] Sold by G. and W. Nicol..., 1802. 12mo (in 6s), 152 x 93 mms., unpaginated, but pp. vi, 492, collating [a4] b-o6 B-R6 S5 B-O6 P1 *A-*G6 *H2 A-D12, including half-title, separate title-page dated 1804 for the Psalms, engraved frontispiece, dated 1 January 1773, and 51 other engraved plates, many with two illustrations, attractively bound in full contemporary straight-grain red morocco, with gilt panels and borders on covers, spine richly gilt in compartments, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles. A very good to fine copy with contemporary autograph bookplate on recto of first blank leaf, partly over-written but not obscured by later inscription, viz., "Presented by/ Mrs. Crowder/ to her Friend/ Sophia Hurlock/ 1808" and with the further inscription "A gift of love from/ Sophia Lady [illegible, ending in &#39;lock&#39;] to her beloved Husband/ James Murray Lacey/ January 1st 1870/ Niece of the above." With a further holograph verse inscription of six lines on the half-title. The plates are by G. L. Smith and were first issued by William Dawson in 1773; see ESTC N470974. The engraved frontispiece has Dawson&#39;s full imprint; it and the plates are re-impressions of the plates as originally issued. Copac lists copies at TCD, Manchester, National Trust, St. Andrews, and one of 238 pages at NLS; no plates are listed for any of these copies. ESTC N470974 locates only the copy at Southern Methodist University.

(Alexander Hamilton)C 1802 Manuscript Legal Document Concerning Alexander Hamilton Document states: "Queens county Common Pleas Whitehead Cornwell vs. Isaac Hendrickson Plea And the said Whitehead by Alexander Hamilton his Attorney comes and defends the force and injury when (?) and Says that he is not guilt of the said trespass as the said Isaac above complains against him and of this he puts himself upon the Country and the said Isaac likewise Hamilton for Def&#39;t Queens County for Whitehead Cornwell puts him in his place Alexnder Hamilton his Attorney at the suit of Isaac Hendrickson in the plea aforesaid" (on back) "Queens County Com. Pleas Whitehead Cornwell vs Isaac Hendrickson Plea Hamilton Atty." (and in another hand) "with leave by consent to give the special matter in evidence."; 6 3/4" x 8" approx. size; no date but circa 1802; Alexander Hamilton (1755 or 1757-1804) American statesman; light browning along old fold lines; very good condition. Interesting documentation of an Alexander Hamilton case. Comparison of signatures from other documents does not conclusively indicate that this is his writing hand, nevertheless this piece is certainly worthy of further research; we note a small reference in the Aaron Burr papers to a Whitehead Cornwell and the Library of Congress Hamilton papers show the case as part of his legal history; perhaps there is a connection here between these two men and to Hamilton and his subsequent death in the duel that ended his life.. Very Good.

REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph (1759-1840)Massonia Angustifolia / Massonie à feuilles étroites [Flattened Massonia] [Pl. 391] Paris: Imprimerie de Didot jeune, 1802-16. Stipple engraving, printed in colour and finished by hand, engraved by Chapuy. Very good condition. 20 3/8 x 13 1/2 inches. Pierre-Joseph Redouté was one of the world&#39;s great flower painters. Born into a family that had been painters for at least two generations, Redouté went to Paris in 1782 with his brother where they worked as scene painters for the Théâtre italien. Redouté painted flowers in his spare time. The search for subjects led him to the Jardin du Roi and eventually Gerard van Spaendonck who made him an assistant. While at the Jardin du Roi, Redouté came to know Charles-Louis L&#39;Heritier, an amateur botanist and writer of independent means. He gave Redouté a full time job as an illustrator, instructing him in plant anatomy. Redouté&#39;s understanding of plants contributed greatly to the clarity of his depictions. But it was Redouté&#39;s work in stipple engraving and colour printing that was to be of the greatest importance. Stippling and the application of two or three colour inks to one plate were engraving innovations that Redouté brought to French printmaking, and these were brought to perfection in Les Liliacées from which this work comes. Les Liliacées is one of two Redouté masterworks, the other being Les Roses. These works demonstrate the appropriateness of the accolade "Raphael of Flowers", for one is constantly impressed by the exquisite compositional sense and clarity of vision. More than with any other painter, one sees in Redouté&#39;s flowers living, breathing beings at their most beautiful moment. Cf. Nissen BBI 1597; cf.Great Flower Books (1990), p 128; cf. Dunthorne p 231; cf. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 8747; cf. MacPhaeil, Redouteana, 10.

Relf, Samuel, editor, publisher, authorPhiladelphia Gazette & Daily Advertiser. Bound in Two Volumes. January 2, 1802-June 29, 1802; July 1, 1802-December 23, 1802. 2 volumes, complete year of 1802 Philadelphia: Samuel Relf. 1802. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 1802. Chronicle of Philadelphia Gazette & Daily Advertiser for the year 1802. 2 volumes. Folio, bound in half leather, 800-1000 pages each. Mainly VG-Fine. The first few pages have a few repairs. Ex-library in an old half leather binding, but without very many library markings-- stamp to first page and bookplate, that&#39;s about it. Very rare complete year of this early Philadelphia newspaper, printed on all-rag bright gray paper, many advertisements, news from abroad, domestic issues. Also has bound in several "price list" broadsides from Relf. Bindings are falling apart, dusty and without much of the spine leather. Samuel Relf, Journalist, born Virginia 22 March 1776. He was brought to Philadelphia as a child by his mother and early in his career became connected with the &#39;National Gazette&#39; of which he was for many years the editor and its owner until in 1819 he became financially involved through friends. His writings were highly esteemed and he was author of a novel entitled &#39;Infidelity, or the victims of Sentiment&#39; (Philadelphia 1797).

Wordsworth, W[illiam and Samuel Taylor Coleridge]Lyrical Ballads, With Pastoral and Other Poems - Vol I. Third Edition - [- Vol II. Second Edition] London: Printed for T.N. Longman and O. Rees ... by Biggs ad Cottle, 1802. Third edition. 2 vols., 8vo. [iv], lxiv, [2], 200, [4]; [iv], 250 pp. 19th- century half red morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt-lettered. Rubbed, with some scuffing to spines. Contemporary ownership signatures to front paste-down. Bookplate. Healey 12 & 13; Tinker 2332 . The rare second two-volume edition of Lyrical Ballads. With several important changes from the 1800 edition - the Preface is expanded by 20 pages, Coleridge&#39;s "The Dungeon" and Wordsworth&#39;s "A Character" and "Lines Written Near Richmond" are withdrawn, and the appendix on poetic diction is included for the first time

LACROIX, Silvestre-François.An Elementary Treatise on the Differential and Integral Calculus. Translated from the French [by C. Babbage, G. Peacock & J.F. Herschel] with an Appendix and Notes.Cambridge: Printed by J. Smith for J. Deighton and Sons, 1816. First edition of this English translation done by the founders of the Analytical Society. "As part of their campaign to introduce the continental notation into Great Britain, Babbage and his friends Herschel and Peacock translated and published S. F. Lacroix's <i>Sur le calcul diffirentiel et integral</i> (1802). Babbage had begun the task of translation while still at Cambridge, but for one reason or another set it aside uncompleted. A few years later Part I of Lacroix's work, on differential calculus, was translated by Babbage; Part II, on integral calculus, was translated jointly by Peacock and Herschel. The 'Appendix' was written by Herschel, and he and Peacock collaborated on the notes." (Hook & Norman: Origins of Cyberspace, no. 20).. 8vo (214 x 130mm), pp [i-iii] iv-viii, [1] 2-720 and 5 folding lithographed plates, contemporary prize binding from Trinity College Dublin (spine carefully re-done with original laid down) with large gilt monogram to front and rear boards, engraved bookplate to front pastedown presenting the book in 1822, name inked out on title, numerous pages with old annotations

Barton, WilliamA Dissertation on the Freedom of Navigation and Maritime Commerce 1802. Barton, William [1754-1817]. A Dissertation on the Freedom of Navigation and Maritime Commerce, and Such Rights of States, Relative Thereto, As Are Founded On the Law of Nations: Adapted More Particularly to the United States; and Interspersed with Moral and Political Reflections, and Historical Facts. With An Appendix, Containing Sundry State Papers. Philadelphia: John Conrad and Company, 1802. 339, xlv, [3] pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Contemporary calf, gilt device (of the Society of Writers to the Signet) to center of each board, rebacked retaining original spine with raised bands and lettering piece, hinges mended. Bookplate to front pastedown, early annotation to front free endpaper. Some offsetting to margins of endleaves and preliminaries, occasional light foxing, interior otherwise fresh. * Only edition. Barton admired Thomas Jefferson and dedicated this book to him. Jefferson was pleased by this honor: "Accept my best wishes for the success of your work and assurances of my high esteem and respect" (Sowerby). One of the earliest works of its kind, Barton presents an American interpretation of maritime law affecting freedom of navigation and the rights of neutral merchant vessels during times of war. Barton uses a broad overview of international law and treaties of the Washington and Adams administrations to criticize English interference with American shipping and the impressment of sailors. This volume offers a contemporary interpretation of the actions that would lead to the Non-Intercourse and Embargo Acts (1807, 1809) and, in the following administration, the War of 1812. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 7447.

BARRINGTON, George.:THE HISTORY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, London, printed for M. Jones, 1802.. including Botany Bay, Port Jackson, Parramatta, Sydney, and all its dependancies, from the original discovery of the island: with the customs and manners of the natives, and an account of the English colony from its foundation, to the present time. Enriched with beautiful coloured prints. FIRST EDITION 1802, 8vo, approximately 210 x 130 mm, 8¼ x 5 inches, engraved title page with hand coloured vignette of a black swan, hand coloured frontispiece of Sydney, and 12 of 13 hand coloured plates, engraved by V. Woodthorpe and showing aborigines, plants, kangaroo, birds including black cockatoo, mountain eagle and emu, snakes etc., LACKING ONLY THE PLATE OF THE BIRD OF PARADISE, the plate of botany has 5 numbered images and that of snakes has 2, making the total number of hand coloured illustrations 19 of 20, there is a further full page uncoloured illustration in the text, pages: (48 - title and contents table, dedication and introduction), 7-505, (1 - blank), lacking half-tiitle and Directions to the binder, the latter were not always included in this edition, bound in modern quarter burgundy morocco over marbled sides, raised bands, gilt rules and gilt ship motif in compartments, 2 dark brown gilt lettered labels. Occasional pale foxing to a few margins, a few pages faintly browned, fore-edge margin of page 265 torn off, no loss of text, small light brown stain in margin of 267, top corner of page 301 missing, no loss of text, small repair to top corner of 303, again no loss of text, 1 plate (Manhood) has some small light creases, as though it had been crumpled slightly at some time, another has a tiny closed tear to the margin. A very good copy (lacking 1 plate as noted. Originally published in 14 parts. Abbey Travel, Volume II, No. 565 (with plate list); Tooley, page 93-94; Ferguson, Bibliography of Australia, Volume I, No. 345. George Barrington (1755-1804) was a notorious criminal known as &#39;The Prince of Pickpockets&#39;. He served several sentences on board the prison hulks at Woolwich before being transported to Australia, where he later became Superintendent of Convicts and High Constable in New South Wales. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING. POSTAGE AT COST.

REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph (1759-1840)Gladiolus Cuspidatus longiflorus / Glayeul en pointe à longue fleur [Undulated Painted Lady] [Pl. 136] Paris: Imprimerie de Didot jeune, 1802-16. Stipple engraving, printed in colour and finished by hand, engraved by Langlois. 20 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches. Pierre-Joseph Redouté was one of the world&#39;s great flower painters. Born into a family that had been painters for at least two generations, Redouté went to Paris in 1782 with his brother where they worked as scene painters for the Théâtre italien. Redouté painted flowers in his spare time. The search for subjects led him to the Jardin du Roi and eventually Gerard van Spaendonck who made him an assistant. While at the Jardin du Roi, Redouté came to know Charles-Louis L&#39;Heritier, an amateur botanist and writer of independent means. He gave Redouté a full time job as an illustrator, instructing him in plant anatomy. Redouté&#39;s understanding of plants contributed greatly to the clarity of his depictions. But it was Redouté&#39;s work in stipple engraving and colour printing that was to be of the greatest importance. Stippling and the application of two or three colour inks to one plate were engraving innovations that Redouté brought to French printmaking, and these were brought to perfection in Les Liliacées from which this work comes. Les Liliacées is one of two Redouté masterworks, the other being Les Roses. These works demonstrate the appropriateness of the accolade "Raphael of Flowers", for one is constantly impressed by the exquisite compositional sense and clarity of vision. More than with any other painter, one sees in Redouté&#39;s flowers living, breathing beings at their most beautiful moment. Cf. Nissen BBI 1597; cf.Great Flower Books (1990), p 128; cf. Dunthorne p 231; cf. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 8747; cf. MacPhaeil, Redouteana, 10.

DANIELL, Thomas (1749-1840) and William DANIELL (1769-1837)Ryacotta, in the Barramah&#39;l [vol.III, plate 12] London: published Thomas Daniell, "June 1, 1802". Aquatint by and after Thomas & William Daniell, coloured by hand, on &#39;Whatman&#39; wove paper. Image size: 16 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches. 21 1/4 x 29 3/8 inches. A very fine view of the Barramah&#39;l region that had just recently been wrested from Tippoo Sultan&#39;s grasp when the Daniells visited. "Rayakottai formed part of a chain of military outposts used by Tipu Sultan&#39;s forces on their campaigns in the Tamil country. A British flag flying proudly from a lookout halfway up the hill proclaims the recent British victory. Rings of walls encircling the central granite rock at successive levels were clearly visible to the Daniells, but can hardly be traced now" (Martinelli/Michell p.144). The Daniells&#39; Oriental Scenery is considered to be the finest illustrated works on India. Thomas Daniell and his nephew William spent nine years in India making studies, sketches and drawings of the scenery, architecture, and antiquities that graced the countryside. They then devoted a further thirteen years to publishing their remarkably accurate aquatints. In Britain, the impact was explosive. A cult of Indian architecture, landscaping and interior decoration arose, with the Royal Pavilion at Brighton as its centerpiece. The Daniells gave the English public their first accurate look at the exotic sub-continent. Their great achievement still lies in their ability to blend the picturesque with the real, resulting in images that capture the European taste for the sublime landscape, while still remaining faithful to their subjects. The Daniells brought the romance of the English landscape to the antiquities of India and provided England with an accurate vision of this wondrous country. Consisting of one hundred and forty-four views, published in six parts, the work was issued in seven stages: three sets of twenty-four plates titled Oriental Scenery with title dates of 1795, 1797, and 1801; twelve plates titled Antiquities of India dated 1799; twenty-four plates titled Hindoo Excavations dated 1803; twenty-four plates titled Views in Hindoostan dated 1807; and twelve further plates of Antiquities of India published without a title page in 1808. All plates were engraved by the Daniells and all are taken from their drawings save the twenty-four plates of Hindoo Excavations, which are after drawings by James Wales. Abbey Travel II.420 no.88; cf. Lowndes I, p.588; Martinelli/Michell India Yesterday and today &#39;&#39;92 Rayakottai, fort&#39;; cf. RIBA 799-804; cf. Sutton The Daniells (1954) p.156; cf. Tooley 172.

BLAGDON, Francis William after William DANIELLWest Gate of Firoz Shah&#39;s Cotillah, Delhi London: Edward Orme, January 1802. Aquatint engraving, coloured by hand, by Fellows, after a watercolour by William Orme from a drawing by William Daniell. 12 x 16 3/4 inches. 17 1/4 x 21 1/16 inches. An excellent view from Blagdon&#39;s &#39;A Brief History of Ancient and Modern India&#39;. The original watercolour by William Orme after Ward, from which the present image was worked by Stadler, is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Cf. Abbey Travel II, 424

STADLER, Joseph Constantine (1780-1812) after Colonel Francis Swain WARDA Choutry, Or Place of Worship, Carved out of the top of the Rock of Trichinopoly, in high repute, by the Malabars London: Published by Edward Orme, 1802. Hand-coloured aquatint engraving by Stadler after Colonel Ward, a skilled amateur artist and member of the Madras Army. Very good condition apart from some light soiling and minor foxing in the margins. 15 3/8 x 18 1/4 inches. 17 1/4 x 21 inches. An excellent view from Francis Blagdon&#39;s "Brief History of Ancient and Modern India," which was comprised of plates after drawings William Orme made of the paintings in the collection of Richard Chase Esquire by Ward and the renowned landscape artists Thomas and William Daniell. Located in a district of Southern India that was once under British rule, the Trichinopoly Rock is a renowned landmark that dominates the town of Tiruchirapalli and overlooks the surrounding landscape. A number of Pallava cave temples are carved into the rock, on top of which sits the ornate multiple-pillared Vinayaka Temple most likely pictured here. Cf. Abbey, Travel, vol. II, 424.; cf. Tooley 93.

NEWTON, John?ngelske Sid-Captenens, federmera Predikantens Johan Newtons Stockholm,: Carl Fr. Marquard, 1802.. Small octavo, wear to title-page and final text leaf, unnumbered final contents page torn with loss and with rather basic paper repair; contemporary half calf lending-library binding with original borrowing rules pasted to front paste-down, joints starting but firm, a worn but not unattractive copy. Very uncommon: the first Swedish edition of this series of letters by the English clergyman and former slave-ship owner, John Newton, best known as the author of the hymn "Amazing Grace". The letters are written to Thomas Haweis, co-founder of the London Missionary Society and the editor of the 1799 account of the Duff voyage to Tahiti.After a difficult career as a young man at sea, Newton experienced a conversion in 1748, although for more than a decade he continued his association with slave-ships. It was not until 1764 that Thomas Haweis managed to get Newton the living for Olney in Buckinghamshire, the same year that this work was first published in England (An Authentic Narrative of some Remarkable and Interesting Particulars... Communicated in a series of letters, to the Reverend Mr. Haweis). This Swedish translation is based on a German-language edition of 1791. Becoming a prominent abolitionist, in 1788 Newton published Thoughts Upon the Slave Trade, a horrific account of the Middle Passage.The main text of this work is in the form of a series of "Brefwet" or letters, the first signed 12 January 1763, and the last 2 February 1763. Throughout, there are numerous quotations from the Bible, usually printed in bold, and references to the main locations associated with the slave trade, including notes on Sierra Leone, Antigua and the West Indies.

[Baudry Des Lozières, Louis N.]:VOYAGE A LA LOUISIANE, ET SUR LE CONTINENT DE L&#39;AMÉRIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE, FAIT DANS LES ANNÉES 1794 A 1798; CONTENANT UN TABLEAU HISTORIQUE DE LA LOUISIANE Paris. 1802.. viii,382pp. plus folding map. Half title. Contemporary three-quarter calf and boards, black gilt morocco label. Front hinge slightly cracked, spine with minute worming. Internally bright and clean. Near fine. One of the classic early views of Louisiana at the beginning of the 19th century. It has been suggested that this work was written when it was first thought that Louisiana would be returned to France, in an effort to demonstrate its importance as a colony. While less a work of personal observation than a collection of contemporary data and reports, the text includes some discussion of Texas, the resident Indian tribes and their languages, accounts of slavery and colonial administration, etc. WAGNER-CAMP 1a. FIELD 99. CLARK II:76. HOWES B243. MONAGHAN 149. PILLING, PROOF-SHEETS 319. STREETER SALE 1571.

Pierre-Joseph RedoutéPlate 296 - Iris Arenaria Paris 1802 - Pierre-Joseph Redouté A selection from Les Liliacées Stipple engravings with original hand color Paris: 1802-1816 21&#148; x 14&#148; Very light foxing. The unequalled botanical artist Pierre-Joseph Redouté occupies a central position in the development of European flower painting. Redouté had, as pupils or patrons, five queens and empresses of France, from Marie-Antoinette to Empress Josephine and her successor, Marie-Louise. Despite many changes of regime in a turbulent epoch, he worked without interruption, a testament to his greatness as an artist. Les Liliacées was Redouté's largest and most ambitious work and is generally considered his masterpiece, arguably rivaled only by Les Roses. Produced under the patronage of the Empress Josephine, for whom Redouté worked as botanical artist at her estate at Malmaison, these pristine examples represent landmark works in the field of flower illustration. The title Les Liliacées is misleading, as the work was of a much broader scope, including representatives of the lily, amaryllis, iris, orchid, and other families. The plates were executed by means of stipple engraving, a method that the artist himself perfected when he was unsatisfied with the effects garnered by traditional copper-plate engraving. As Redouté shrewdly observed, the delicacy and subtle elegance of his compositions could only be captured using a printing method equally fine. The luminosity of stipple engraving is particularly suited to the reproduction of botanical detail. The medium involved engraving a copper plate with a dense grid of dots that could be modulated to convey delicate gradations of color. Because the ink rested on the paper in miniscule dots, it did not obscure the "light" of the paper beneath the color. After this complicated printing process was complete, the prints were finished by hand in watercolor, so as to conform to the exquisite models Redouté provided. Les Liliacées records the plants of the lily family, and related flowers, that Josephine collected for her gardens at Malmaison. Redouté's small drawings, placed at the bottom of the main illustrations, record the anatomical features of each species so that each flower could be identified with precision and cultivated to perfection. In each illustration, as in his series Les Roses, the flowers are classical "portraits" which lack backgrounds or settings. The regal simplicity of the compositions allows the viewer to focus without distraction on the beauty and delicate complexity of the plants themselves. Redoutés's work represents a uniquely harmonious blend of scientific precision and supremely delicate rendering.

DANIELL, WilliamSix Views of London London:, 1802-10. Together, six aquatint views Size; 455 × 670 mm, framed 675 × 895 mm each Coloured aquatints. Fine condition. In 1800 George Dance junior, the City&#39;s Clerk of the Works, commissioned William Daniell (1769-1837) to paint in oils and make an official aquatint for his grandiose scheme for improving the Port of London. This artistic success inspired Daniell to publish a series of coloured aquatint river views. These Six Views were issued with an engraved title dedicated to Dance but no letterpress.

REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph (1759-1840)Iris Suziana / Iris de Suze [Mourning Iris] [Pl. 18] Paris: Imprimerie de Didot jeune, 1802-16. Stipple engraving, printed in colour and finished by hand, engraved by Tassaert. Very good condition apart from some light soiling in the top of the image and a small loss at the extreme right edge. 20 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches. Pierre-Joseph Redouté was one of the world&#39;s great flower painters. Born into a family that had been painters for at least two generations, Redouté went to Paris in 1782 with his brother where they worked as scene painters for the Théâtre italien. Redouté painted flowers in his spare time. The search for subjects led him to the Jardin du Roi and eventually Gerard van Spaendonck who made him an assistant. While at the Jardin du Roi, Redouté came to know Charles- Louis L&#39;Heritier, an amateur botanist and writer of independent means. He gave Redouté a full time job as an illustrator, instructing him in plant anatomy. Redouté&#39;s understanding of plants contributed greatly to the clarity of his depictions. But it was Redouté&#39;s work in stipple engraving and colour printing that was to be of the greatest importance. Stippling and the application of two or three colour inks to one plate were engraving innovations that Redouté brought to French printmaking, and these were brought to perfection in Les Liliacées from which this work comes. Les Liliacées is one of two Redouté masterworks, the other being Les Roses. These works demonstrate the appropriateness of the accolade "Raphael of Flowers", for one is constantly impressed by the exquisite compositional sense and clarity of vision. More than with any other painter, one sees in Redouté&#39;s flowers living, breathing beings at their most beautiful moment. Cf. Nissen BBI 1597; cf.Great Flower Books (1990), p 128; cf. Dunthorne p 231; cf. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 8747; cf. MacPhaeil, Redouteana, 10.

Bowditch, NathanielThe New American Practical Navigator; Being an Epitome of Navigation . . . Enriched with a Number of New Tables . . . Many Thousand Errors Are Corrected Newburyport, MA: Edmund M. Blunt. Very Good-. 1802. First Edition. Hardcover. Front board detatched. Left edge of folding map is missing, but the remaining panels are intact with two open seams needing to be repaired (one is 1/2" long and the other 2 and 3/8" long). Usual age toning and foxing associated with a book of this vintage, but does not affect the legibility of the text. ; A rare copy of this First Edition Bowditch. Tight binding and clean, unmarked pages - other than toning, as noted. Original leather binding with chips to some of the spine&#39;s lettering and heel - see image. Previous ownership names and dates on free endpapers. Errata pages in rear, along with Catalogue of Blunt&#39;s publications. ; Folding Map; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 589 pages .

JONES Edward 1752-1824The Bardic Museum of Primitive British Literature... the Musical, Poetical and Historical Relicks of the Welsh Bards and Druids 3 Green Street, London: A Strahan, 1802 The Bardic Museum of Primitive British literature and Other Admirable Rarities Forming the Second Volume of the Musical, Poetical and Historical Relicks of the Welsh Bards and Druids..... Refurbished by Delrue with traditional hard covers in Buckram, bookcloth, re-sewing, cleaning pages, some repaired, new endpapers, sewing on four tapes rounding & backing title in real gold on the spine. Internally, (xx), 112 pp, music score and notes, articles on Early Learning among the Ancient Britons, Some Account of Taliesin, Thirteen Rarities of Royal Regalia, etc, watermark of 1800, hand coloured frontis of the Harper and audience by Ibbetson & the landscape by Smith Engraved by Rowlanson, some edges with repairs. (OCLC 38719720) ("Jones had prepared a third volume, a portion only of which was published at his death, the remainder being issued subsequently." -Grove, Dict. of music.) (Libri Walliae 2848/p352) Title continues: Drawn from authentic documents of remote antiquity, (with great pains now rescued from oblivion) and never before published, Containing The Bardic Triads, Historic Odes, Eulogies, Songs, Elegies, Memorials of The Tombs of Warriors, Of King Arthur and his Knights, Regalias, The Wonders of Wales, etc With English translations and historic illustrations likewise the Ancient War-Tunes of the Bards.... etc

Playfair, JohnIllustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth London: Cadell and Davies 1802, 1st Edition. (Hardcover) 528pp. Very good. Octavo. Bound in an attractive modern full tree calf with speckled calf spine. Old marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Title page a bit soiled. Old ownership name on title page. Old stamp removed from the back of the title page. Text block very clean. A landmark book in the history and progress of science and geology in the 19th century, which summarized and advanced the Huttonian concept of Uniformitarianism. Uniformitarianism, the principle that natural laws operating today have always operated at roughly the same rates, including into the distant past, has informed the ideas of many scientists, including Charles Lyell and Charles Darwin. The vastly long time scales required by Uniformitarianism were essential to the success of Darwin&#39;s theory of Decent by Modification, the cornerstone to his Theory of Evolution. Contains a signed note from Playfair to his publishers Cadell & Davies asking for two copies of the "Illustrations" to be given to the bearer of the note John Forbes. Rare especially in this nice condition and with a great note..